Unprecedented: Migration, Disease, and Usable History – Bennett Sherry | The OC for Social Studies

OER Conference for K-12 Social Studies | Track Talk: Why does history really matter?

Unprecedented: Migration, Disease, and Usable History

What does usable history look like during a pandemic? This talk explores historical connections between disease and migration as a way to rethink how we talk to students about what history can do for them.

About Bennett
Bennett Sherry holds a PhD in History from the University of Pittsburgh and has undergraduate teaching experience in world history, human rights, and the Middle East at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Maine at Augusta. Additionally, he is a Research Associate at Pitt’s World History Center. Bennett writes about refugees and international organizations in the twentieth century
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OER Conference for K-12 Social Studies
August 5-7, 2020

We’re all exploring ways to ensure our students’ learning – and our own – continues to advance. Our new professional development conference for social studies can help meet those needs.

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